Service Staff
The Big Eight Allergens
Avoiding cross contact
Chapter Summary
Misc.
100

Tell customers how the item is prepared. 

Describe Dishes 
100

What could be a substitute for meat? 

Soy 

100

Check ______ and ______ ____ to confirm that the allergen is not present. 

Recipes, Ingredient Labels

100

________ is the presence of harmful substances in food.  

Contamination

100

__ million Americans have a food allergy. 

15 

200

Tell customers if the food they are allergic to is in the menu item.

Identifying Ingredients

200

People are allergic to the calcium within this.  

Milk

200

Wash your ___ and change _____ before prepping food. 

Hands, Gloves

200

_______ _______ occurs when pathogens grow in food. 

Biological Contamination. 

200

Allergic reactions result in ________ emergency visits every year.  

200,000

300

Suggest menu items that do not contain the food that the customer is allergic to. 

Suggest Items 

300

Larry the ?

(SpongeBob SquarePants)

Lobster/Crustacean 

300

Use separate ___________ when frying food for customers with food allergies. 

Fryers and cooking oils

300

______ are disease-causing microrganisms.

Pathogens 

300

___ ____ are an important tool used to identify allergens in the products that you purchase.

Food Labels

400

Clearly mark or otherwise indicate the order for the guest with the identified food allergy. 

Identify the allergen special order

400

People who are celiac are allergic to this. 

Wheat 

400

Make sure the allergen does not touch anything for customers with food allergies including (5 Correct Answers): 

Food, Beverages, Utensils, Equipment, and Gloves

400

Fungi include: 

Mold, yeasts, and mushrooms

400

Allery Symptoms: 

 Nausea, Wheezing, Hives or itchy rashes, swelling body parts, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, Itchy throat. 

500

Confirm the allergen special order with the kitchen staff when picking up the food. 

Deliver food 

500

Squirrels love these

Nuts

500

Wash, rinse, and sanitize ____, ____, and _____

Cookware, utensils, and equipment

500

Physical Contamination can happen when

objects get into food. 
500

Example of how cross contact can happen: 

Cooking different foods in the same oil, not sanitizing equipment, poor hygiene, letting different foods touch each other 

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